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Usutu virus: an emerging flavivirus in Europe.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 164 citations in OpenAlex.
- Auto-Abs against type I IFNs: Strong, common, and global determinants of severe arboviral diseases.Journal of human immunity · 2026Review
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- The Future Abundance of Key Bird Species for Pathogen Transmission in the Netherlands.EcoHealth · 2025Article
- One Health Approach in the Era of Emerging Viruses: The Challenge of Usutu Virus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Lower Bird Evenness and Diversity Are Associated With Higher Usutu Prevalence in Culex pipiens Mosquitoes.Zoonoses and public health · 2025Article
- MITD1 is a brain-specific interferon-inducible factor that inhibits flavivirus replication.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Usutu virus-induced meningoencephalitis in immunocompetent mice is characterized by the recruitment of mononuclear cells and a proinflammatory T helper 1 response.Journal of virology · 2025Article
- Auto-Abs neutralizing type I IFNs in patients with severe Powassan, Usutu, or Ross River virus disease.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2024Article
- A specific domain within the 3' untranslated region of Usutu virus confers resistance to the exonuclease ISG20.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Ixodes ricinus as potential vector for Usutu virus.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Comparison of Five Serological Methods for the Detection of West Nile Virus Antibodies.Viruses · 2024Article
- Field-based assessments of the seasonality of Culex pipiens sensu lato in England: an important enzootic vector of Usutu and West Nile viruses.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Case report of Usutu virus infection in an immunocompromised patient in Italy, 2022.Journal of neurovirology · 2023Article
- Mechanisms of Zika astrocyte infection and neuronal toxicity.NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics · 2023Article
- Identification of Usutu Virus Africa 3 Lineage in a Survey of Mosquitoes and Birds from Urban Areas of Western Spain.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2023Article
- Evidence of Antibodies against the West Nile Virus and the Usutu Virus in Dogs and Horses from the Southeast of France.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2023Article
- Competing interests during the keyFrontiers in chemistry · 2023Article
- Evolutionary dynamics of Usutu virus: Worldwide dispersal patterns and transmission dynamics in Europe.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2 and West Nile Virus Prevalence Studies in Raccoons and Raccoon Dogs from Germany.Viruses · 2022Article
- Serological Survey of Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses in Wild Birds from Important Migratory Hotspots in Romania.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
11 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Usutu virus (USUV) is an African mosquito-borne flavivirus belonging to the Japanese encephalitis virus serocomplex. USUV is closely related to Murray Valley encephalitis virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and West Nile virus. USUV was discovered in South Africa in 1959. In Europe, the first true demonstration of circulation of USUV was reported in Austria in 2001 with a significant die-off of Eurasian blackbirds. In the subsequent years, USUV expanded to neighboring countries, including Italy, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland, England, Czech Republic, Greece, and Belgium, where it caused unusual mortality in birds. In 2009, the first two human cases of USUV infection in Europe have been reported in Italy, causing meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised patients. This review describes USUV in terms of its life cycle, USUV surveillance from Africa to Europe, human cases, its cellular tropism and pathogenesis, its genetic relationship with other flaviviruses, genetic diversity among USUV strains, its diagnosis, and a discussion of the potential future threat to Asian countries.
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